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Learning from complete strangers social networking for bioinformaticians Neil Saunders COMPUTATIONAL INFORMATICS www.csiro.au
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Learning from complete strangerssocial networking for bioinformaticians
Neil Saunders
COMPUTATIONAL INFORMATICSwww.csiro.au
Social Networking: Slide 2 of 38
this is not the advocacy talkthese are the advocacy talks
http://www.slideshare.net/lindenb/draft-being-a-bioinformatician-20
http://www.slideshare.net/c.titus.brown/2013-beaconcongresssocialmedia-25245386
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quotes to inspire
No matter who you are, most of the smartest people workfor someone else- Bill Joy
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quotes to inspire
It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.- Clay Shirky
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four ages of online interaction(at least since c. 2000)
the age of forums and portals
the age of blogs
the age of “facebook for scientists”
the age of Twitter
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in the beginningthere was nodalpoint.org (2000 - 2009)
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questions and answers
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what we learned from nodalpoint
if you build it, they will come [*]
[*] Unless you build it wrong. Then they don’t.
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the age of blogsI blog at http://nsaunders.wordpress.com
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recent items from bioinformatics blogs
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most hits to blogs are via searchaggregators are largely useless, with exceptions
http://www.r-bloggers.com/
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what we learned from blogsexperts are “out there” and they will find you
https://xkcd.com/386/
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the age of “Facebook for Scientists”
social networks for scientists
too many
high barrier to entry
benefits unclear
but do give you ”web presence“
N. Saunders (SMMS, UQ) Science networks November 26, 2008 8 / 29
http://www.slideshare.net/neilfws/what-can-science-networking-online-do-for-you-presentation
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what we learned from “fb4sci”they don’t workbeware of anything “for scientists”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)
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at about the same time came...FriendFeed
http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/the-life-scientists-at-friendfeed-2009-summary/
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what we learned from FriendFeeddata finds data then people find people
http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/02/data-finds-data-then-people-find-people/
http://cameronneylon.net/blog/why-the-web-of-data-needs-to-be-social/
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the age of Twitter
https://twitter.com/shaylamaddox/status/27278131665
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what can you do with 140 characters?
Lots of things!
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post links to interesting articlespossibly your own
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provide status updatesservices, software
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advertise jobsalso meetings, events
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advertise your other online content
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ask/answer questions
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discuss topical issues
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provide light relief
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what we learned from Twitter
it’s all about who you follow
transient and real-time is OK
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and so back to forums...forums have evolved and are still valuable
what I’ve learned from forums: you can’t improve the questions
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is social networking a time sink?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30884177@N08/4107290250
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well...yes, it isneed to manage time as you see fit
http://www.ashersarlin.com/archives/2004/09/honestly_who_co.php
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is online activity recognised or rewarded?
by your employer? probably not
by everyone else - absolutely!
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rewards & recognition 1/n
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rewards & recognition 2/n
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rewards & recognition 3/n
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rewards & recognition 4/n
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rewards & recognition 5/n
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rewards & recognition 6/nand many more besides publications
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many socials we did not discuss
bibliography; bookmarking; presentations; video; audio; coding...
